The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1887-04-08


On motion it WAS ordered that the interest
and penalty on personal tax of Samuel l.. Linn
aud John j. Linn for 1854 be aud 10 hereby re-
bated.
Affidavit Of J. P. Brown, agont for Charles
4. Brown, alleging an over assessment of east
half of section 5, township IA, range 81,
was presented, and, on motion, it was ordered
that rebate equal to tax on thirty live acres
be allowed to Mr.. Brown.
On motion the boarl adjourned till l:So
o'clock p. IN.
Board reconvened at 80 o'clock p. m, DUR
suant to adjournment.
Present.. c. Goplerud, chairman, ]. l..
Wilcox, S. H. Nelson, John Oxton and Martin
Hanson.
On motion the salary OF county clerk for To
current year was fixed at 5000 per annun.
On motion the salary Of superintendent OF
schools was fixed at $24o per annuul.
On motion the salary OF district attorney was
fixed at $500 per annuul.
On motion the report Of S. J. Pound, clerk
of Riverside township (schooD and john NJ.
Ksene, clork Of Lako school township, were
accepted and tho sum Of $40 ordered paid to
each Of said clerks FROM the general cosuty
fund.
On motion the Steele County Tribune aud
tho Hope Pioneer were designated Is the OIL
cial papers Of Steele county.
The following bills were allowed, aud, o.
motion, ordered paid from general county fund:
D. MacEacheron. NJ. D., twelve visits
! and amputation Of foot of J. o.
Lovstad and medicines. .$lg5 W
Oscar Cummings, hauling coal from
Hope, bill Feb. 18th. h.......... $50
Ira Miller, 2l9O lbs coal and hauling
from Hope, Jan. .27............... II l8 90
John Duncan, $50 lbs coal and hauling
from Hope, March 3D.. 8 70
| g. w. Wlnchell, office work and In
iaG
mileage, $500; postage, $2.6O.... IS 80
A. Gilbertson, Ss< days carpenter work,
bill Jan. 8, 1857. S7.................. II q
George D. Barnard d Co., sheriff's book
and eraser. etc., bill Feb. 5, 1887. 2 u
J. Knauher 4 Co., warrant book, bill
Jan. s, 1857. Observation-Disclosures. 900
Daniel Nelson, carriage and repairs to 49,
Z
D.P. Baldwin, oil, lamps, ,chimnsys, ,etc,
Dll April 4....... IL
| Carrie Anderson, two weeks attendance
on Mrs. Ronaug Broger, sick per-
son.. .......... ................ w
Z. s. Seymour, cash paid for express
postage and pens, Jan. to April l.. 8 10
Beidler & Robinson Lumber company,
fur ko1 S,fll
Jan. II, 1851. Observation-Disclosures. SO
Steele County Tribune, stationery and
printing, bill April 1.............. 50 10
On motion the following salaries for quarter
ending April LIST were allowed and ordered
paid from tue general county fund, viz:
E. S. Seymour, county clerk, $3.50.
G. j. Paul, district attorney, $125.
q. w. elI,superinteuden Of schools,
$50.
On motion the following bills were allowed
and ordered paid FROM the county road fund,
viz:
A. G. Anderson, services as road supervisor,
district No. IL, 1856. $1O.5O.
r. L. Krayenbuhl, nails for Haddsland bridge,
bill July II, 1856, $l.20.
III,
| district No. 8, 1856, $l2.
The following reports of justices Of the
peace for quarter ending April 1st wero, on
motion, accepted aud approved, viz: H. L.
Smith, Isaac Golden.
| Affidavit Of Fred Sherman presented alleQ-
| ing that he owned no personal property In
April, 1886, and asking that said tax bs can.
ceIled, and it was on motion ordered that the
tax on Fred Sherluan's personal property
enormously assessed in 1855, bs and the same
is hereby cancelled, and that the road and
school tax assessed for that year (1SS5) shall
be collected by the county treasurer.
| Affidavit of S. K. PIadson received alleging
that taxes We're Illegally collected on S. w. u
Sec. 2S, TIP. 14B, r. 81, for 1856, and that aaid
land was not taxable by reason that II b.
longed to the Northern Pacific Railroad Co.
until the Sth day Of May, 1856, and asking
the repayment Of the illegal tax collected, and
cancellation of tax for 1885. On motion II
was ordered that the tax against the S. w. \
Of Sec. %, To. l4H, T. 81, for the year 1856,
be cancelled, and that the amount paid for the
year 1855 taxes be refunded to S. K. Pladson.
Moved and ordered that the amount paid
for the S. Z. Il Of Sec. %, Tp. l47, b. IS,
at tax sale Of 1855, be repaid to tho purchaser
with interest as required by law, said land
having been sold after the payment Of the tax
Bill Of OStsn Haddeland for work on bridge
$780, was on motion allowed and orderet
paid from road fund.
Moved and ordered that the personal prop
erty tax OF G. NJ smedley for 1856 be cancelled
said GIN. Smedley alleging upon oath that b,
did not own property in Steele county At TIM
Of assessment.
Moved and ordered that tho amount psit
for S. Z. Il Of Sec. i, Up. 147, B. 81 at tax sal
Of 1886 for 1884 taxes be repaid to purchase
with interest as allowed by statute, said lant
having been illegally taxed, as shown BY tn
affidavit Of the owner, Edwin E. Fronsap.
On motion DR.. w. =. u. Philip was ap
pointed coroner in place of Dt. Baldwin, re
moved from county. -
:On motion E. w. Palmer was appointet
County Surveyor to fill vacancy, caused b
failure Of G. h. Frick to qualify.